New to me Shiloh Sharps
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New to me Shiloh Sharps
Well I have had a few of these, And even gave one away to a forum member but there is a love affair I have with these rifles that keeps one in the stable. This one is a farmingdale 1874, 45-70, with a shorter 24" barrel. Has double set triggers, blade sight and a balance that I will enjoy as I pursue game in the fall.
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Beautiful. ...
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
rjohns94 wrote:
there is a love affair I have with these rifles that keeps one in the stable.
IMO, Mike, you've got lust going on..........
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Very nice!!
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
There's just something about a Sharps, one of the reasons I got into firearms after reading stories and seeing pics of the Buffalo hunters and their guns.They draw you in like a magnet
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Mike,
That's a beautiful rifle.
But ... why couldn't they spell the word "caliber" correctly? I mean really. If we drove on the other side of the road I could understand "calibre", but we be here in U.S.A. now.
So do you shoot smokeless or black out of it?
Joe
That's a beautiful rifle.
But ... why couldn't they spell the word "caliber" correctly? I mean really. If we drove on the other side of the road I could understand "calibre", but we be here in U.S.A. now.
So do you shoot smokeless or black out of it?
Joe
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Smokeless? , nah , 67.5 grains of Swiss 1.5, .010 card, 500 grain govt lead bullet with SSG lube. Tried and true load for me on game up to buffalo and on targets out a ways.
As far as the spelling, I think, but don't know, it's because that is the way it was "spelt" back in the day
As far as the spelling, I think, but don't know, it's because that is the way it was "spelt" back in the day
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Sweet!!
One of these days I'll get my hands on one.
jb
One of these days I'll get my hands on one.
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
If you don't have it, get a copy of Paul A. Matthews' Wind Drift and Deceleration of the Cast Bullet at Black-Powder Velocities. No longer in print from Wolfe Publishing, but is available on CD from Amazon.
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
That load sounds like it should stop locomotives with one shot.rjohns94 wrote:Smokeless? , nah , 67.5 grains of Swiss 1.5, .010 card, 500 grain govt lead bullet with SSG lube. Tried and true load for me on game up to buffalo and on targets out a ways.
As far as the spelling, I think, but don't know, it's because that is the way it was "spelt" back in the day
If that's the way calibre was spelled way back when, who am I to complain?
Joe
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Really nice gun, and everyone knows how good the Shiloh quality is!
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Made on "lawn guy land".
I like the length, more user friendly.
I like the length, more user friendly.
Slow is just slow.
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Very nice Mike and different with the 24" tube.
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
That shorter tube should make it a heck of a deer rifle. Nice
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Re: New to me Shiloh Sharps
Very Nice!
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